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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 24, 2023Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2023, 10:46 AM CDT for Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 25, 2023, 10:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2023, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2023, 10:36 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2023, 3:09 AM CDT
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Embarras River (IL) at Ste Marie (STMI2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03345500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 23, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 49 minutes before

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.